What to remember from Adventure Time’s finale before watching Fionna and Cake
When Adventure Time’s finale aired in 2018, many fans suspected it wasn’t really the end. And there is “some amazing force outside of time to take us back to where we were.” Viewers were invited back to the Land of Ooo in 2020-2021 for a four-part limited series, Distant Lands, which answered some lingering questions about where Finn, Jake, and their friends wound up. And now a new spinoff, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, is set to debut on Max this week, following Finn and Jake’s gender-bent counterparts on a new quest. So… where did the original show leave off? And what should folks know before jumping into the new series?
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When Adventure Time premiered on Cartoon Network in 2010, its premise seemed pretty straightforward: A human boy and his shapeshifting dog go on adventures in a fantasy land. Simple! But while the series began episodically, with inane, seemingly unconnected subplots, over 10 seasons and a final miniseries, itcoalesced into a more cohesive, albeit dense, story. More than 1,000 years prior to the events of the show, the Land of Ooo was an Earth-like planet. But the “Mushroom War,” a cataclysmic nuclear event, destroyed civilization, creating mutated humanoid beings like an immortal princess made of bubblegum and a sentient gaming console. Over the years, the beloved series built on that lore considerably, transforming from a whimsical Dungeons & Dragons-inspired children’s cartoon to an ambitious meditation on life, loss, and connection enjoyed by teens and adults as well as kids.
Finn the Human and his best friend and adoptive brother, Jake the Dog, go on quests throughout the post-apocalyptic world, fighting increasingly existential threats and making friends and enemies along the way.
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